Chances are you’ve got dozens, if not hundreds, of paper clips
lurking around your home and office, but are you making the most of
them? Beyond binding sheets of paper, there are plenty of other
ways to use these cheap, versatile, flexible wire bits as tools.
Read on for twelve of my favorites. Got anything to add to the
list?

1. Bookmark
2. To seal an open bag of potato chips
3. Emergency shirt button
4. To keep pairs of mittens together for storage
5. Glue bottle de-clogger
6. Re-setting electronics
7. Alternative bobby pin
8. To hang Christmas ornaments
9. Hemming pants
10. Replacement zipper pull
11. Eyeglass repair
12. To (carefully!) clean under fingernails